Garment-hanger.



PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

E. L. HENDERSON.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18, 190B.

Wiimeooeo rus mm UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

EDWIN L. HENDERSON, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEMPER- THOMAS COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19. 1907.

Application filed August 18,1906. Serial No. 331.219.

The object of the present invention is to' improve the construction of garment-hangers, and to provide a slmple, 1I16XP6I1S1V6, and

efiicient garment-hanger adapted to receive a coat and vest and a pair of trousers and capable of being turned in any direction to display the garments without detaching the hanger from its support.

A further object of the invention is to provide a arment-hanger adapted when not in use to e compactly folded, so as to occupy but a small amount of space for shipping or storing.

The invention also has for its obj set to provide a garment-hanger having a rigid trousers-supporting rod located beneath the coatreceiving bar or member and adapted to form a brace for the same to prevent the coatreceiving bar or member from being bent out of shape or broken by a heavy garment.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of construction within the scope of the claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment-hanger constructed in accordance with this invention and arranged to receive a coat and vest and a pair of trousers. Fig. 2 is a reverse plan view of the same, illustrating the arrangement of the combined trousers-supporting rod and brace. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, the parts being folded.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a resilient bar or member, designed to be constructed either of wood or metal and adapted to be bent or bowed, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, to re ceive a coat and vest. The bar or member 1, which consists of a flat piece, is straight when not under tension, and it is maintained in a bowed or bent condition by means of a combined trousers-supporting rod and brace 2, which is constructed of stout rod metal.

The trousers-supporting rod 2, which connects the end portions of the coat-receiving bar or member 1, is provided at one end with an eye 3, which is linked into a depending eye 4 of one end of the resilient bar or memher 1. The eye 1, which may be conveniently formed by means of a staple, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, has its opening disposed transversely of the bar or member 1, and the eye 3 of the trousers-supporting rod is arranged horizontally and in a plane parallel with the plane of the bar or member 1 when the latter is straight and the parts are folded, as shown in Fig. 3. By this construction the rod 2 is hinged to one end to the bar or member 1 at the lower face thereof, and it is ad aptcd to swing both vertically and horizontally. The other end of the rod 2 is bent at an angle to form a laterally-projecting bill 5, which when the bar or member 1 is bowed is hooked into an eye 6 of the contiguous end of the bar or member 1. The eye 6, which is preferably formed by a projecting staple, has its opening disposed transversely of the bar or member 1, and the distance between the eyes 1 and 6 is greater than the length of the trousers-supporting rod 2 when the bar or member 1 is straight.

The coat-receiving bar or member 1 is adapted to be bent or bowed to move the eyes 4 and 6 inward toward each other and to enable the laterally-extending bill or lug 6 of the trousers-supporting rod to he engaged in the eye 6, whereby the coatreceiving bar or member 1 will be maintained in its bowed or bent condition to fit a coat and vest. '1 he rod 2, when in engagen'ient with the eye 6 forirs a rigid support for a pair of trousers, which is hung across the rod in a partially-folded condition. 'I he rod 2 when in engagenient with the eye 6 is rigid, and besides forming a support for a pair of trousers is also adapted to operate as a brace for the bar or nieniber l to prevent the same from being further bowed or bent should a very heavy garment be placed on the device.

The bar or member 1 is provided with a centrally-arranged supporting device con sisting of a hook 7 and a chain 8. One end of the chain is linked into a central eye 9 of the coat-receiving bar or member 1, and the other end of the said chain is linked into an eye 10 of the shank of the hook. The hook and the chain form a flexible supporting device, which is adapted to permit the garments supported by the hanger to hang vertically and which also enables the garment-hanger to be turned in any direction for displaying the garments without removing the garmenthanger from its support.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A foldable garment-hanger having a flexible supporting device and consisting of a straight fiat coat-receiving bar or member made of a single piece and provided at its lower face with eyes located at the end portions of the bar or member, said bar or member being resilient and adapted to be bowed,

and a combined trousers-supporting rod and brace formed of a single piece and provided at one end with an eye, which is linked into one of the eyes of the bar or member, the other end of the trousers-supporting rod being bent to form a bill or hook for engaging the other eye of the bar or member, and the distance between the eyes of the bar or member being greater than the length of the rod when the said bar or member is straight, and the rod when in engagement with both of the eyes forming a rigid trousers-support and operating as a brace to prevent further bowing of the bar or member, said coat-receiving bar or member and the rod being foldable fiat against each other when the bill or hook is disengaged from its eye. In testimony whereof I have afliXed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN L. HENDERSON.

Witnesses:

HARRY N. KOVERMAN, BUSH PARKER. 

